Diamond Wars | The Diamond Rush | 1

Diamond Wars | The Diamond Rush | 1

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Diamond Wars | The Puppet Master | 2

It’s 1914 and De Beers’s monopoly is under threat. Diamonds have been discovered on the desolate coast of the German colony of South West Africa.

So it hired an ambitious diamond expert named Ernest Oppenheimer and gave him his orders: head to the beach and assess the th ...

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Diamond Wars | Diamond Dogfight | 3

It’s 1940, and the world is at war. The Allies and Axis powers are scrambling to lock down supplies of the industrial diamonds needed to mass produce their tanks, planes and submarines.

But when the White House demands De Beers hands over a year’s supply of industrial di ...

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La guerra de los diamantes | La fiebre de los diamantes | 1
Guerras De Negocios (España)

Es 1869 y se han encontrado diamantes en la Colonia del Cabo.Ahora, buscadores de diamantes de todo el mundo se dirigen a este remoto enclave británico del sur de África en busca de una brillante fortuna.Y entre ellos hay dos aspirantes con los ojos bien abiertos: Barney Barnato, ...  عرض المزيد

Cecil Rhodes | Eureka! | 1
Legacy

A sickly vicar’s son travels from England to Africa to join the diamond rush. Cecil Rhodes wants to make his fortune. But he also wants to extend the British Empire. Drama in his private life threatens to undermine both ambitions.Listen to Legacy on the Wondery App or wherever yo ...  عرض المزيد

8. The Koh-i-Noor Diamond
Empire

A single stone has been fought over for at least 250 years by four different empires, and now sits in the Queen Consort's crown as part of the British royal family's Crown Jewels. William and Anita trace the murky history of one of the world's most famous diamonds. Learn more abo ...  عرض المزيد

2/3 Comment un homme d’affaires a-t-il donné son nom à un pays ?
Complément d'Histoire

Parti de rien, Cecil Rhodes est devenu un homme très riche grâce aux mines d’or et surtout de diamants qu’il contrôle en Afrique du Sud.C’est un ardent partisan de la colonisation et il va contribuer à développer l’impérialisme britannique. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informa ...  عرض المزيد